I've wanted to start this up for a while now, I'm a big fan of practically all genres of music, and often the best way to find new stuff is by word of mouth. Or at least it was before online services built algorithms to cater playlists to preferences, right? So let's depart from the mainstream, tell us about some unheard-of band that you like, maybe how you found them, what they sound like, or anything else you feel like sharing. Local bands, foreign bands, bands that broke up ages ago, anything goes!

I'll start with Pathway(translated, I don't know how to type in Cyrillic), a Russian atmospheric metal band. Found them by way of youtube, the snapshot for their album "Songs of the Death" is an accordion-playing skeleton walking through a snowscape, and based on that alone, I had to try it out. Great stuff for background music while working, there's something about the accordion playing in the background of the guitars and drum that a synth or piano just can't replicate. Thanks to the algorithm, I also found bands like Grima and Wintaar that play similar styles.

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